Share of campuses identified for improvement
- This charter school system
- 50.0%
- Selected comparison
- 34.9%
Charter school system
Big Springs Charter School
Administrative office: Ingram · 171 students
Official charter system websiteEnrollment, registration and eligibility
Not Rated
At a glance
TEA did not issue an overall rating for Big Springs Charter School for 2025-26. Everything TEA did publish for this charter school system is below.
Read the full rating context and placement
TEA did not issue an overall rating for Big Springs Charter School for 2025-26. Everything TEA did publish for this charter school system is below.
TEA did not issue an overall rating for Big Springs Charter School for 2025-26. Everything TEA did publish for this charter school system is below.
TEA did not issue an overall rating for Big Springs Charter School for 2025-26. Everything TEA did publish for this charter school system is below.
TEA did not issue an overall rating for this charter school system. Scores below are the figures TEA published; the letter grades are the state's where it issued them.
Put the numbers in context
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- Overview
- Official improvement and transfer notices
- 5 years of ratings
- Where the score comes from
- Student outcomes
- Who this charter school system serves
- Student counts behind the percentages
- Enrollment over time
- Students entering this charter system
- Discipline and removal from class
- 2 schools in this charter school system
- Spending per student
- Teachers
- Where this comes from
Official improvement and transfer notices
Dated TEA notices for campuses in this charter school system. They are shown separately from the charter school system rating because they describe specific campuses, support programs and transfer eligibility.
- Campuses identified for federal improvement support
- 1
2026 TEA list
- Campuses on the final PEG transfer list
- 0
2026–27 school year
Share of campuses on the PEG list
- This charter school system
- 0.0%
- Selected comparison
- 0.0%
See the campuses and official reasons
| Campus | Notice | Official status or reason |
|---|---|---|
| Hill Country Youth Ranch | CSI | Comprehensive Support and Improvement · CSI Low Graduation Rate |
Selected comparison percentages describe how common each dated campus notice is across reporting charter school systems in that group. They are neutral prevalence context; changing the comparison never changes a campus's official status.
Sources: TEA's 2026 Schools Identified for Improvement and Public Education Grant program, fetched 24 August 2026. A PEG listing makes a student assigned to that campus eligible to request a transfer; it does not guarantee acceptance, available space or transportation.
5 years of ratings
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Compare against
2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated Not Rated with 50 that year.
Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.
View the yearly scores and comparisons
| Year | Rating | Score | Selected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rate | StateTexas charter average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Not Rated | — | 78.1 62 reporting | 79.7 165 reporting |
| 2024-25 | Not Rated | — | 76.9 61 reporting | 79.2 160 reporting |
| 2023-24 | Not Rated | — | 75.9 61 reporting | 78.2 159 reporting |
| 2022-23 | Not Rated | — | 75.0 61 reporting | 77.4 158 reporting |
| 2021-22 | Not Rated | — | 81.1 56 reporting | 82.4 150 reporting |
Where the score comes from
Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.
- Big Springs Charter School
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate (62 in cohort)
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | — | Not rated | — |
| School Progress | — | Not rated | — |
| Closing the Gaps | — | Not rated | — |
| Academic Growth | — | Not rated | — |
| Relative Performance | — | Not rated | — |
The scores above are the ones TEA published. TEA did not issue letter grades for this charter school system, so none are shown: the A–F thresholds marked on the chart are the state's, but applying them here would produce a grade the state chose to withhold.
Student outcomes
STAAR performance
- Approaches grade level
- Meets grade level
- Masters grade level
- Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (62 in cohort)
Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.
College, career and military readiness
- Total credit for CCMR criteria
- 20.0%−53.5 pts vs similar economic context
| Criterion | This district% of graduates | Averagesimilar economic context | Differencepercentage points | Reportingselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total credit for CCMR criteria | 20.0% | 73.5% | −53.5 | average for charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 34 rated charter school systems reporting |
| Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA, or earned credit for a college prep course | 6.7% | 48.5% | −41.8 | average for charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 34 rated charter school systems reporting |
| Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA | 0.0% | 24.9% | −24.9 | average for charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 34 rated charter school systems reporting |
| Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s) | 0.0% | 16.8% | −16.8 | average for charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 34 rated charter school systems reporting |
| Earned college credit for a dual credit course | 6.7% | 22.7% | −16.0 | average for charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 34 rated charter school systems reporting |
| Earned an industry-based certification | 13.3% | 18.5% | −5.2 | average for charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 34 rated charter school systems reporting |
| Earned a level I or level II certificate | 0.0% | 1.0% | −1.0 | average for charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 34 rated charter school systems reporting |
| Earned an associate degree | 0.0% | 5.2% | −5.2 | average for charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 34 rated charter school systems reporting |
| Completed an OnRamps course and qualified for college credit | 0.0% | 5.4% | −5.4 | average for charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 34 rated charter school systems reporting |
| Graduated with completed individualized education program (IEP) and workforce readiness | 0.0% | 1.3% | −1.3 | average for charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 34 rated charter school systems reporting |
| Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student | 0.0% | 8.6% | −8.6 | average for charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 34 rated charter school systems reporting |
| Enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces | 0.0% | 2.1% | −2.1 | average for charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 34 rated charter school systems reporting |
Every row is a share of this charter school system's graduates, and every row is a way of meeting CCMR — so on every row, a bigger share is better. Difference is this charter school system minus the average for charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate, counted in percentage points: +5.0 would mean five more graduates in every hundred met that criterion here. The selected comparison is an unweighted average of the reported charter school system percentages, not a pooled rate across all graduates in the group. Graduates may meet several criteria, so the rows do not add up to the total.
Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only charter school systems for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.
Who this charter school system serves
Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.
- Students
- 171
- Economically disadvantaged
- 81.8%−1.3 pts vs similar economic context
- English learners
- 4.1%−26.2 pts vs similar economic context
- Special education
- 47.6%+32.8 pts vs similar economic context
- Attendance
- 84.2%−7.8 pts vs similar economic context
- Chronically absent
- 65.7%+38.2 pts vs similar economic context
Student demographics
Big Springs Charter School
- African American 7.6%
- Hispanic 45.3%
- White 45.3%
- Asian 1.2%
- Two or More Races 0.6%
Selected comparison average For charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 62 reporting for every category shown · 62 in full cohort
- African American 24.6%
- Hispanic 66%
- White 5.4%
- American Indian 0.2%
- Asian 1.9%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 1.8%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized charter school systems · 29 reporting for every category shown · 29 in full cohort
- African American 23.4%
- Hispanic 50.3%
- White 20%
- American Indian 0.2%
- Asian 3.1%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 2.9%
Texas charter average 165 reporting for every category shown · 165 Texas charter school systems in full cohort
- African American 21%
- Hispanic 54.7%
- White 15.7%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 5.3%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 2.9%
Student counts behind the percentages
Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.
- Students in this TEA accountability summary
- 170
- Economically disadvantaged students
- 139
- Emergent bilingual students
- 7
- Special education students
- 81
TEA context labels
- Residential treatment facility under AEA or AskTED
The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.
Enrollment over time
TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.
TEA reported 171 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 4 (2.3%) from 2024–25.
- Latest enrollment
- 171
2025–26
- Change from 2024–25
- −4
Decrease · −2.3%
- Change since 2021–22
- −32
Decrease · −15.8%
Enrollment in 2025–26
- This charter school system
- 171
- Selected comparison
- 3,494.3
| School year | Students enrolledBig Springs Charter School | Change from previous school year | Average enrollmentselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | 203 | First available year | 3,091.9 |
| 2022–23 | 211 | Increase of 8 (3.9%) | 3,253.2 |
| 2023–24 | 185 | Decrease of 26 (12.3%) | 3,332.3 |
| 2024–25 | 175 | Decrease of 10 (5.4%) | 3,458.5 |
| 2025–26 | 171 | Decrease of 4 (2.3%) | 3,494.3 |
The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting charter school systems in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this charter school system's own counts do not.
Source: TEA PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. TEA reports these counts from its fall student snapshot; changes compare adjacent reported school years.
These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.
Students entering this charter system
How many students live in a geographic school district and attend this charter system. These are movement counts, not a quality rating.
- Transfers in
- 171
Live in a geographic district; attend this charter system · 2025–26
Transfers in · 2025–26
- This charter school system
- 171
- Selected comparison
- 3,494.3
| School year | Transfers inBig Springs Charter School | Transfers inselected charter comparison average |
|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | 203 | 3,091.9 |
| 2022–23 | 211 | 3,253.2 |
| 2023–24 | 185 | 3,332.3 |
| 2024–25 | 175 | 3,458.5 |
| 2025–26 | 171 | 3,494.3 |
Largest reported resident-district origins
- Ingram ISD 13390452
- Leakey ISD 19390240
- Uvalde CISD 23290326
- Kerrville ISD 13390321
- Nueces Canyon CISD 06990218
Top reported flows only. TEA published 5 of 9 counterpart counts and masked 4.
TEA does not publish a transfers-out total or a resident population for this charter system. A charter system is not a geographic attendance boundary, so a net transfer balance cannot be calculated and this page does not label the system a transfer gainer or loser.
Selected comparison figures are average reported transfer-in counts among charter systems, not rates; system size affects them. They provide scale context and are not a performance judgment. This charter system’s official total does not change when the comparison does.
Source: TEA Student Transfer Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The total and origin rows are TEA’s published charter-system figures; this site does not add masked detail cells. A transfer-in count does not say why a family chose the charter or whether one school is better.
Discipline and removal from class
TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.
- Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
- 41
18.2% of cumulative year-end enrollment
- Disciplinary actions
- 90
40.00 per 100 students
- Cumulative year-end enrollment
- 225
2024–25
Share of students · 2024–25
- This charter school system
- 18.2%
- Selected comparison
- 8.0%
Actions per 100 students · 2024–25
- This charter school system
- 40
- Selected comparison
- 13.3
| School year | Cumulative enrollment | Studentsall discipline | Students% of enrollment | Actionsall discipline | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | 304 | 32 | 10.5% | 58 | 19.08 | 2.8% | 3.8 |
| 2021–22 | 266 | 28 | 10.5% | 49 | 18.42 | 8.2% | 12 |
| 2022–23 | 258 | 29 | 11.2% | 46 | 17.83 | 8.5% | 14.1 |
| 2023–24 | 222 | 14 | 6.3% | 22 | 9.91 | 9.1% | 14.7 |
| 2024–25 | 225 | 41 | 18.2% | 90 | 40.00 | 8.0% | 13.3 |
See 2024–25 discipline categories
| Category | Students | Students% of enrollment | Actions | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All discipline | 41 | 18.2% | 90 | 40.00 | 8.0% | 13.3 |
| In-school suspensions | 14 | 6.2% | 22 | 9.78 | 5.1% | 8.1 |
| Out-of-school suspensions | 36 | 16.0% | 55 | 24.44 | 5.6% | 7.6 |
| DAEP placements | 12 | 5.3% | 13 | 5.78 | 3.5% | 4 |
| Mandatory DAEP placements | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| Discretionary DAEP placements | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| JJAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Mandatory JJAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Discretionary JJAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Expulsions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Mandatory expulsions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Discretionary expulsions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized charter school systems can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this charter school system's own counts and rates remain fixed.
Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.
Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.
2 schools in this charter school system
Number of schools in the charter school system
- This charter school system
- 2
- Selected comparison
- 6.5
The selected comparison is a neutral average charter school system size. This charter school system's school count and school-type mix remain its own facts.
- K-12
- 2
Browse all 2 schoolsName, type, rating, score and enrollment
| School | Type | Rating | Score | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Springs Charter School | K-12 | Not Rated | — | 100 |
| Hill Country Youth Ranch | K-12 | Not Rated | — | 71 |
Spending per student
The selected txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference stay visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.
- Big Springs Charter School
- TEA peer group
- Texas average
- Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate
Spending per student · 2025
- This charter school system
- $22,680
- Selected comparison
- $15,625
This charter school system spends $3,249 less per student than TEA's peer group, and $3,708 more per student than the state average.
View yearly spending figures
| Year | Big Springs Charter School | TEA peer group | Texas average | Selected comparison average | Reportingselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $14,973 | $14,290 | $13,054 | $10,348 | average for charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 53 rated charter school systems reporting |
| 2019 | $16,519 | $14,384 | $13,108 | $10,594 | average for charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 54 rated charter school systems reporting |
| 2020 | $16,996 | $16,581 | $14,058 | $11,266 | average for charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 55 rated charter school systems reporting |
| 2021 | $16,244 | $17,863 | $14,797 | $12,381 | average for charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 57 rated charter school systems reporting |
| 2022 | $20,366 | $19,817 | $15,708 | $15,566 | average for charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 60 rated charter school systems reporting |
| 2023 | $20,384 | $21,827 | $16,792 | $15,216 | average for charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 61 rated charter school systems reporting |
| 2024 | $21,295 | $23,517 | $18,125 | $15,845 | average for charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 62 rated charter school systems reporting |
| 2025 | $22,680 | $25,929 | $18,972 | $15,625 | average for charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 62 rated charter school systems reporting |
The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.
Teachers
- Average salary
- $59,429−$4,264 vs similar economic context
- Teachers
- 23−184.4 vs similar economic context
- Students per staff member
- 7.4−9.1 vs similar economic context
Teaching experience
Big Springs Charter School
- Beginning 8.7%
- 1 to 5 years 13.1%
- 6 to 10 years 26.2%
- 11 to 20 years 38.9%
- 21 to 30 years 8.7%
- Over 30 years 4.4%
Selected comparison average For charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 62 reporting for every category shown · 62 in full cohort
- Beginning 10.3%
- 1 to 5 years 40.2%
- 6 to 10 years 20.7%
- 11 to 20 years 19.2%
- 21 to 30 years 7.3%
- Over 30 years 2.4%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized charter school systems · 29 reporting for every category shown · 29 in full cohort
- Beginning 10.6%
- 1 to 5 years 29%
- 6 to 10 years 17.6%
- 11 to 20 years 24.7%
- 21 to 30 years 12.8%
- Over 30 years 2%
Texas charter average 165 reporting for every category shown · 165 Texas charter school systems in full cohort
- Beginning 11.4%
- 1 to 5 years 36.3%
- 6 to 10 years 19.7%
- 11 to 20 years 20.6%
- 21 to 30 years 8.2%
- Over 30 years 1.9%
Teacher turnover over time
TEA reported a 5.1% teacher turnover rate in 2024–25.
Teacher turnover rate · 2024–25
- This charter school system
- 5.1%
- Selected comparison
- 31.7%
| School year | Teacher turnover rateBig Springs Charter School | Average turnover rateselected comparison |
|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | 11.5% | 24.8% |
| 2021–22 | 4.6% | 28.8% |
| 2022–23 | 23.8% | 35.3% |
| 2023–24 | 23.9% | 34.0% |
| 2024–25 | 5.1% | 31.7% |
TEA defines this charter school system rate as the share of teacher full-time equivalents from the prior fall who are not employed as teachers in the charter school system in the current fall. That can include leaving the charter school system or remaining in a different role; it is not a campus-level measure. The comparison average changes with the selected group; this charter school system's reported rate does not.
Source: TEA Texas Academic Performance Reports, fetched 24 August 2026.
Where this comes from
The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.
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